Winnie Mandela is trying to whip up a diplomatic storm after British Airways levied an excess baggage charge against her. She has complained to the British high commissioner, Maeve Fort, after she was charged £1,000 last week at Heathrow airport before a flight home.
Ms Mandela, who is presumed to have been carrying well in excess of 220 lb of luggage, may find her complaint backfires. Opposition leaders plan to ask questions in parliament about her use of a diplomatic passport while on private business.
Sir Paul McCartney will lead a second memorial service to his late wife Linda today so that friends and relatives from her native US can pay their final respects. A similar service earlier this month saw hundreds gather in at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London.
At Monday's service in the Riverside Church in New York, Sir Paul is expected to be joined by all four of the couple's children.
The Spice Girls transform into fairies in their latest spellbinding video, screened for the first time tonight - but they could not wish away departed member Geri Halliwell.
Ginger Spice is magically restored to the group in the four-minute animated video for Viva Forever, commissioned months before the split from Aardman Animations, the studio behind Wallace and Gromit. The video will be shown on Channel 4 at 6 p.m.
Prince William yesterday celebrated his 16th birthday with friends, having finished GCSE exams at Eton, and spoke to his family on the telephone.
Veteran actor Sir John Mills was given a lifetime achievement award by Comic Heritage at a star-studded dinner in London last night.